Sentences with phrase «taxpayer subsidy deals»

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They should instead think big: Press the Americans to end subsidies for their farmers and reach a deal beneficial to the taxpayers and consumers in both countries.

Jonathan Isaby added: «You can't blame the club for taking advantage of the ludicrously - generous taxpayer subsidy they've been handed on a plate; instead, we should be directing our anger and awkward questions at those responsible for offering a deal for which most clubs would have sold their star striker.»

In the weeks since the Aetna deal was announced via press release, the Cuomo and De Blasio administrations have declined to release documents detailing the taxpayer subsidies.

«Anytime we see subsidies in excess of $ 100,000 per job, much less $ 2 million, it's fair to say that taxpayers will never break even on those deals,» said Greg LeRoy, a national subsidy expert and executive director of Good Jobs First.

Nick Clegg, the former deputy prime minister, wrote to Clark, his former cabinet office colleague, warning that a series of deals for different industry sectors could cost the taxpayer «colossal amounts of money» in subsidies.

A new report from Friends of the Earth and Taxpayers for Common Sense sounds the alarm on a lame duck tax deal that could send billions in subsidies to Southern Company's long - troubled Kemper coal plant in De Kalb, Mississippi.

In private, big energy firms were offered sweetheart deals to acquiesce to the climate bill, including expanded offshore drilling for oil giants like BP and taxpayer subsidies for coal and nuclear interests that outstripped those for clean energy.